Video for Chinese WWII veterans airs in Times Square

A public service promotional video for caring for and helping veterans, who had fought in the Chinese people's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), is delivered by China's ZTE Corporation on billboard-size screens in New York City's Times Square, grabbing the attention of passers-by, on Aug 14, 2015. [Photo by Han Meng for China Daily]

Since 2005, ZTE Corporation launched a series of campaigns including collecting donations and fundraising to help veterans in Southwest China's Yunnan province who had fought in the eight-year war.

ZTE Corporation is a telecommunications equipment and systems company headquartered in Shenzhen.

As this year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, a lot of commemorative activities have been held across the world.

Related story: US pilot is remembered in book and documentary

A documentary and a book in Chinese recounting the exploits of a US fighter pilot who parachuted to safety in Hong Kong after shooting down a Japanese warplane during World War II will ensure that his heroic deeds are not lost to posterity.

The documentary film and book, released on Friday, are based on the true story of Lieutenant Donald W. Kerr, who served in the US army's 14th Air Force - partly formed from the remnants of the legendary "Flying Tigers" squadron.